Published: February 2, 2025
Seeing the actions of the Eight-Eyed Vajra Arhat, Meng Tianhui felt frustrated. If he had known earlier, he would have acted first, but now it seemed too late to make a move.
He turned to City Lord Jin Hu, his eyes flickering with thoughts.
If it really comes to it, could he take action against City Lord Jin Hu for the sake of investigating the truth?
A border city lord of the Yong Nation is still far inferior to someone like Saroya, a direct disciple of the komodo beast. The Heaven Clan is at least one of the major powers in the cosmic sea; if it came to a confrontation, they might not necessarily fear the Yong Nation.
But the only trouble was that a vast territory of the Southern Cosmic Sea was controlled by the Yong Nation. If he took action against City Lord Jin Hu, and the latter sent out a distress signal in a critical moment, the Yong Nation would likely dispatch many powerful beings to rescue him in a very short time.
On the other hand, the Heaven Clan was quite distant from this place, and if they were trapped in the Southern Cosmic Sea, it would take a long time for them to wait for the rescue from the clan elders.
Let’s wait and see!
With a firm resolution, Meng Tianhui looked ahead.
In the void, the Eight-Eyed Vajra Arhat stepped forward, hands together. An endless buddha light enveloped the surroundings, chanting sacred sounds across the cosmos. Terrifying beams of buddha light resonated like the tolling of immense bells, forming an invisible Buddha's Light Barrier that instantly enveloped the Blood Demon Great Emperor.
"Ah!"
The Blood Demon Great Emperor let out a shriek. The buddha light merely illuminated his body, yet his flesh immediately began to emit sizzling sounds of corrosion. The buddha light was all-pervasive; wherever it passed, the Blood Demon Great Emperor’s flesh was corroded, and he could not resist at all.
The power of this buddha light was overwhelmingly terrifying, and the Blood Demon Great Emperor was utterly powerless to resist.
"Why?"
The Blood Demon Great Emperor roared in anger. Endless blood light surged around him, transforming into a vast ocean of blood to try and break free from the buddha light.
But it was futile. Under the buddha light, he was like an insect caught in a spider’s web, struggling in vain and unable to break free; he could only be increasingly bound.
"Hmph, Blood Demon Great Emperor, I advise you not to struggle. You have committed numerous sins; surrender and lay down your weapons; turn away from your violence and become a buddha. The sea of suffering is boundless; turning back is the shore!"
The Eight-Eyed Vajra Arhat spoke coldly, golden light surging to envelop the Blood Demon Great Emperor.
"Ah!"
The Blood Demon Great Emperor screamed in agony, his eyes blood-red. Clearly, Shi Nantian and the Lord of the Corpse Nation had been "killed" by the three of them, yet the Eight-Eyed Vajra Arhat was solely targeting him.
How could he not feel aggrieved?
Background!
He still had no background. Compared to Saroya and City Lord Jin Hu, his background was the weakest and the easiest to bully.
At this moment, the Blood Demon Great Emperor suddenly remembered scenes from his childhood. At that time, he had no background, no connections. To become stronger, he could only cultivate madly, doing any hard work that others wouldn’t.
Others could focus on cultivation, enjoying sufficient resources, but he could not. He had to work ten times harder than others just to obtain what others could easily access.
He was unwilling.
So he gritted his teeth, rolling in the mud, allying with some forces, and humbling himself like a dog just to get some scraps.
The countless jeers around him still rang in his ears, as if anyone could step on him. He felt like a lone wolf, silently licking his wounds after being hurt.
Gradually, he grew stronger through his efforts.
He thought he could finally control his destiny!
But who would have thought that the world after becoming stronger was even more brutal than when he was young? Without a background, he could hardly move forward and could only rely on some dark forces to gain a chance to breathe.